220662 Rare Petrified Wood on Stand from the Afar Danakil Ethiopia

  

Petrified Wood on Stand from the Afar Danakil desert. 39 cm high and 34 cm width. Beautiful large piece of petrified wood. The slice is as heavy as stone.

ESTIMATED PERIOD: Neogen-Miocene, Aquitaine (20.44-23.03 million years old). Petrified wood is a mineralized piece of a tree that has arisen.

Because trees fell and became covered under a layer of earth or sand. Often due to a natural disaster. The colors you see in petrified wood depend on the minerals in the soil or sand.

Each mineral creates its own color. The process of''petrification'' ensures that all characteristics such as knots, bark and annual rings of the wood are preserved. A possibly rotting process in the distant past can provide beautiful crystal formation, often in multiple colors. The Danakil Desert is a desert in northeast Ethiopia, southern Eritrea, and northwestern Djibouti. Situated in the Afar Triangle, it stretches across 136,956 square kilometres (52,879 sq mi)[citation needed] of arid terrain. It is inhabited by a few Afar, who engage in salt mining. The area is known for its volcanoes and extreme heat, with daytime temperatures surpassing 50 °C (122 °F). Less than 25 mm (1 in) of rainfall occurs each year. The Danakil Desert is one of the lowest and hottest places on Earth. Local geology is characterized by volcanic and tectonic activity, various climate cycles, and discontinuous erosion. The basic geological structure of this area was caused by the movement of tectonic plates as Africa moved away from Asia. Mountain chains formed and were eroded again during the Paleozoic. Inundations by the sea caused the formation of layers of sandstone, and limestone was deposited further offshore. As the land rose again, further sandstone formed above the limestone.

Further tectonic shifts caused lava to pour out of cracks and cover the sedimentary deposits. The Danakil Desert has a number of lakes formed by lava flows that dammed up several valleys. Among these is Lake Afrera, which has thick saline crusts on its banks. Other areas of the Danakil became sinks, dry endorheic basins as precipitation evaporates faster than it can collect in permanent lakes. The area is flanked toward the east by the Danakil Alps, a tabular mountain system that has a few volcanic cones which peak in height in Mount Ramlo 2,130 metres (6,990 ft).

A deposit of salt up to 800 metres (2,600 ft) thick can also be found in the Salt Plain flatlands. Other local lakes include Lake Asale 116 metres (381 ft) below sea level and Lake Giuletti/Afrera 80 metres (260 ft) below sea level, both of which possess cryptodepressions in the Danakil Depression.

The Afrera contains many active volcanoes, including the Maraho, Dabbahu, Afdera and Erta A. Our Africa-gallery specialized in Ethiopian tribal art, collected and sell tribal used art from all over Africa and special from Ethiopia. Our Gallery have a collection of authentic, original and traditional art from Africa.

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As long-time experienced collectors, we carefully select and authenticate every artifact. Shown here are original, high quality, hand-crafted pieces made of wood or bronze which can be yours at a fraction of gallery prices! Years of traditional use added distinction to many of them. We guarantee the authenticity of every item and your complete satisfaction. We make every effort to research and document the history of each artifact.

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